Judge for yourself, but in the following exchange with a reporter today, it sure seems that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is saying that the
“„Reporter: Given the enormity of the mine explosion in West Virginia and Massey Energy’s extensive record of delaying enforcement of the citations that it had received, do you think Congress needs to act to strengthen the ability to enforce mine safety standards?
“„Pelosi: Certainly, we have to subject the regulations and the enforcement to scrutiny to make sure that the miners are safe. That has not happened in the previous administration. The mine safety people were people out of the industry, and that has not done well.
“„Right now, under the Obama Administration, there has been a change, and it is much more worker and safety oriented, and we must again subject the regulations, the laws to scrutiny; but also the behavior of the mine owners and their regard or disregard of the laws and regulations to protect the miners.